Rien ne peut arrêter l'expansion radchaaï. Chaque annexion fournit des armées supplémentaires, les ancillaires, des captifs à la conscience détruite changés en troupes de choc, des marionnettes animées par l'intelligence artificielle des vaisseaux de guerre de l'empire. L'un de ces vaisseaux, le Justice de Toren, a été détruit, victime d'un complot au plus haut niveau du pouvoir. Mais son IA est parvenue à s'échapper et à s'incarner dans le seul ancillaire rescapé du massacre. Dix-neuf ans plus tard, sa vengeance est sur le point de s'accomplir...
11cm x 17cm, 384 pages
français language
Published June 7, 2017 by J'ai lu.
Really enjoyed this book. In some ways it's a classic space opera but there's enough twists on the formula that it feels super fresh. Fascinating explorations of identity, language, and class. The writing was fun and engaging, I ate this book up.
This is a fun space opera that has all the fun space opera things: giant interstellar empires; worldbuilding on various interstellar cultures, and how they interact with each other, and how they do gender; exploration of how cognition and identity works in entities that are not (or not entirely) human; grand plots and conspiracies.
The overall plot is perhaps a bit simple, and some of the characters lean perhaps too much into one-dimensional archetypes, but it does not matter that much against the lively worldbuilding, and how it ties into the whole story.
I liked it!
I found it difficult to follow the first 15% of the book and only really got into it at about 25% which is pretty far compared to what I'm used to. I'm sure it was intentional but I was doubting my understanding and comprehension initially. This made it feel like I was forcefully trudging through until a point I would hopefully understand.
Once I got into it the book kept on getting more interesting and exciting as it progressed.
I enjoyed the way the book played with concept of self, culture and gender concepts.
This is a really good read, with great concepts. Definitely a page turner!
